New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-05
WARDEY GREEN'S YARRoW ESCAPE.

HE AND A KEEPER SHOT BY A FORMER INNATE VT
THE KINGS COUNTY PENITENTIARY.
Warden John Green, OF the Kings County Peniten-
tiary narrowly. escaped serious injury yesterday oy
being shot by discharged convict, james haiono'
alias Frank Maon, alias James OB-ien. Malone was
drunk and the shooting was done by dayllght III d
street The Warden lett the Pententlary a. %
p with Keepers Jones and Hughes, MS puIPo..o
being to visit his mother who lives IN ooui H.
BROOKLYN. They walked down NOstTand-ave. 10 put
lerst and entered Butler-st. car at the depot thlc
The conductor and driver were in the ear "A druhheh
seen lurchlng mp and got on the car W.,
difficulty He had both hands in his overcoat pocks.
and as soon "a he got inside the door he are" ms
hands out with a revolver In each and polnted inc
weapons Mt Warden Green and Hughes WHO s'e ~
one corner of the car, Jones being at the other e
The Warden threw up his arm to divert the ann anu
struck Malone in the face at the moment thi' Nv
weapons discharged. One bnl'et sHuok 81
Green over the lett eve causing slight wound as IL
glanced off. HIS quick action no doubt sayeu MS ne i
Hughes was wor ndel in the eshy part OF his let Ip
Malone was promptly secured and disarmc1. IiS
revolyers were of the American and the British pull
dog pattern, of 3S-calibre, the other u lie 50
had -bladed knife, such ~ burglars use IN open
ing windows, ana Some skeleton keys: Ill,
Warden Green staunched the blood from the sllght
wound he had received and with Keeper Jones tooh
the prisoner down Nnstrand-ave.. until they met n
policeman to whom he given. Hughes went 10
the Pententiary to have his wound dressed Dy W
Bartlett. Although painful. 1t Will cause DO ee.'o'a
trouble. Malone locked up OF the Fulton Street
Police Station. He was so much under the ihhhehcc
of liquor that he could give no coherent statement
what he had done. ON January he was relensed
from the Peuitenar, after serving wears tor burg
larry His record is that OF hardened criminal On
April t. 1889. he arrested Tor grand larceny anu
ser, ed six months in the Ponentiary lie gave the
name Francis Malone and described himset then as
twenty-seven years Old waiter, md living IN the
Carlton House. this city, On April H. 1881 ne was
aga n arrested in Brooklyn the charge being burg
larry and gave his name james OBrien and his oc-
cupation tn,uith. The following May he was sent
to the Pcnitentiary tor two years by Judge Moore
He secured a reduction OF four months Ter good be-
havor notwithstanding the fact that last year he az
tackled his cell mate and struck him over the head
with the lid o.; a bucket For this the Warden PM
him in n dark cell for short period, and he was moi
allowed to receive his friends for time. lie was one
OF the conyic,s under the care OF Keeper Jones when
at work and had n grudge against him in the matter
of not seeing his friends.
Warden Green said last evening that he did NOT
think Malone bore any hard feelings against him hut
he thought he was dOggng Keeper Jones. ana MADE
mistake In his when he entered the car Hughes
il the doorh eeuer tho Pcnitenary and had nothing
10 DO with Malone. Malone not one OF the con
vics engaged in the ATTEMPT TO create revolt IN me
prison last year account of the quality Of hcii tool
and he was never logged. In general his behaviour
was good. and he never made any threats vt What be
would do when he got irecas many OF the conNctS do